Oh, you're welcome, Billytea. How can I do otherwise for the man that offered so many thoughts on "iguana style" back in the day?(Sufficient enough that I know that was just chosen as a funny word) Your thoughts about Biyi remind me of when I made my attendant occasionally struggle through "the Vest Ving" except, you know, German)

Parents aging is hard. Dad's more klutzy and absentminded professor with people. Mom is having memory issues that while she's voiced them to me, I'm seeing in stark relief in person. I know she's talking to her drs about it, but I'd really like to add my voice in in case they aren't taking her seriously. This is diffferent than her repeating a story cause she's not sure who she has told; this morning, she didn't remember the school by me we drove past last night that we talked extensively about. I gently told her and she said 'I know, this forgetting scares me shitless.'Mom doesn't swear a lot. None of her elder sisters are experiencing this, her dad didn't start having memory issues until late in his eighties.

I don't even know.

I'm glad mom's all 'we're coming again next year' because I'm happy they have finally embraced travel in retirement ( and I no longer have to make the reservations.) but...I probably don't got many more visits left.

maybe she is vitamin b deficient or something...read that happens sometimes. Not that you shouldn't treasure the moments and so forth...

Yeah, I'm clinging to straws and hoping she finds some competent meds in their area. It's a good place to retire boringly, NSM if you've got shit going on.

I keep meaning to watch that Ehlers Danlos episode of Grey's, but I haven't had a chance yet.

Yikes, sarameg. My sympathies. It's hard for you and super scary for them, and you hope that at least that fear doesn't show up as anger (as it did for my mother). She will need more support going forward, and patience and understanding.

The Alzheimer's Reading Room has a lot of non-medical support and guidance on how to relate to/work with people with dementia.

I watched the first 20 minutes of the Hamilton doc, but I can't stay up. Instead tonight I went to a live recording of Pop Culture Happy Hour, with special guest Mallory Ortberg! It was hella fun.

I TiVoed the Hamlton documentary and will be watching it this morning. First, an oil change and grocery shopping. I've been obsessed by the musical since last fall and got the CDs for Christmas.

Sarameg, I hope your mom's memory issues can be easily resolved.

Yikes, sarameg. My sympathies. It's hard for you and super scary for them, and you hope that at least that fear doesn't show up as anger (as it did for my mother). She will need more support going forward, and patience and understanding.

Yeah, that. Of course, in my family it was my father with dementia, but my mother was still the angry one....Let's hope it's just sleep apnea or something else that can be fixed.

Instead tonight I went to a live recording of Pop Culture Happy Hour, with special guest Mallory Ortberg! It was hella fun.

Jelly!!

billytea, the CD does come with extensive liner notes, but they were also made available as a PDF at some point, so I have that if you need it.

Timelies all!

~ma to your mom, Laura.